Means for the study of musical compositions.



P. E CUWNG.

MEANS FOB THE STUDY or MUSIGAL GOMPOSITIONS.

I APPLICATION FILED APR. 10, 19064 1,068,569. Patented my 29, 1913.-v

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Patented July 29, 1913.

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4BERCY F. coWING,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

i MEANS FOR vTHE. STUDY OF MUSICAL CMPOSITIONS.

l To (LU yulf/mI l muy conf-cr .Be it known that I. lERcr FooTE Cou'-,

Ixo, a citizen ot the United State's. and a ,resident ot' the city. county, and State of New York.: have invented certain new and useful .lmprovemcms in )leans for the Study of Musical Compositions, of which the following is a specitication.

The invention includes lmproveliients inv ,eliminating any unnecessary accom animents, are recorded onthe record lo Athe mechanical niusical instrument. The various sections are then indexed to correspond with the description produced on the roll itself or in an accompanying pamphlet or book. Bv this arrangementl a` person may have described and illustrated Vto liini the;`

various parts of a musical composition so that he may obtain a' thorough idea of the work 'so illustrated. By putting certain passages of music on the record of a selfplaying instrument as I have here-in disclosed many vthin's may be brought out which would be diicult were the whole composition on the record. In the same way,

-music or sections of music of the same nature may be compared, or of an opposite class may be contrasted. In fact, my invention may be employed for many purposes of instruction, explanation` comparison, contrasting, etc., where in the ordinary way a lecturer or teacher would be necessary.

By way of more detailed explanation I have represented in the accompanying drawings a musical record showing my invention as applied to a perforated music roll.

Referring to the drawings in lwhich the same referncc character indicates the same part in the different views, Figure 1 represents a section of ,a 'music' roll having thereon the opening motif of the overture of the opera. Tannhauser. Fig. 2 represents Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jing'r 29, 1913.

Application filed April 10, 1906. Serial No. 311,005.

lanotlier section of the same overture stripped of accomlniniments. Fig. 3 is .still another section also stripped of accompaniments. Fig. l is another section of the music roll with part of said opera thereon and stripped of accompaniments and made quite simple` Fig. 5 is a *viewv of a portion of a pamphlet, or book containing the instruction. y

In the drawing the part marked repreu sents the different sections of the music roll sheet.v c .L A

B represents the ordinalv perforations therein, forming what Vis hereinafter `tcrmcd a record. j"

C represents theusual expression marks or indicators which mayor ma not be used. The numerals marked D represent indices on the music roll respectively referring.r to particular sections D of a means provided with a. description of the. music. This means is preferably a separate pamphlctiir book having indices corresponding to those a partof the roll itself.

The characters marked Y E of control and expression.

The characters marked l" refer speed.

The s mbols marked (i indicate the position of ars in the ordinaryY printed music for ease in finding the section indicated in the printed music from which the record was obtained.

Referring more specifically to Fig. 1, it will be seen that there is very little change made in the music from the way in which it is ordinarily recorded, as the accompanilnent in this case is principally octaves and chords which do not ovcrshadow the motif itself.

In Fig. 2 it is seen that the motif is stripped of accompaniments quite ditlcrcnt from the usual manner. and is practically a series of single notes which is thc heart of the motif. It will be uotcd that no fspacc is'left between the cud ot' the part inilcxcd 5 and the beginning ot' the part indcvcd t'. Actually they are ditl'ercnt motifs, bu't t is a sequence of so no break is made, al-

represent marks to the is marked by the index number t. 'l`hc usual marks of expression and control can be used or not as 1s found advisable.

yon the roll,'but as alrcadyustatcd it maybe v though the point at which the change occurs vlti In Figs. 3 and 4 the vmanner in which the simple theme is alone brought out clearly shown.

-In Fig. l it will be noted that l have shown. four charactersI or marks. These characters are used to designate the position of the barsin the musicasoidiiiarily written with statt" bars and notes. Of course these marks are by wav of illustration only as any other mark or character may be used as is found best. `This is a great advantage in locating the motif in ordinary printed music.

It is not to be understood from what has been said above that the motifs shown are the only ones that mauiv be used in the overture mentioned, nor is my inventionlimited to operas. Also a motif or part may be repeatcd several times in succession so as to impress it upon the memory and avoid the necessity ofwinding the rollback in order to lay a section two or more times. 'c

`he accompanying pamphlet referred to:y may coiitainthe whole, or portions, of, the

motifs or themes printed "in the ordinary manner besides the explanation and descrip?V printed on thc record for a phonograph, in which case the index number would probabl)- be spoken &c.

Having now described my inventioii,\vliat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: n

1. The combination of means having a record for automatic mechanical instruments, said record being divided -into sec-g.

tions or motifs, means provide-d with-matter 'A descriptive of said sections and means related to the record and descrit'itive-niatter means to indicate their respective relation. Q. The combination of means having arecord for automatic mechanical musical instruinents, said record being divided into sect-ions or motifs lstripped of unnecessary accmnpaninients, means provided'with matter respectively descriptive of said sections and means for indicating the respective rclationship of the sections of the 'record and the descriptivematter.

3. A music rolldiaving perforat-ions con- 4 stitutinxgr a record for an automatic mechanical ymusical instrument, said e record being divided into sections or motifs, means sepa- `rate from the roll and provided'with matter descriptive of said sections, and means car- -ried byl the roll and the descriptive-matter means to indicate their respective relationsliip. 1 I

' ln witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand at the city, county and State of New York, this 9th da of A iril, 1906.

` PE CY i. COWING. In presence of` F.5R. RICHARDS, JOHN J. RANAGAN. 

